Re: [cobalt-users] Mail Relaying Issue and Raq4

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on 9/4/02 5:08 PM, Dan Kriwitsky stated:

>> I posted a reply a few days ago about setting up a new Vsite
>> and user account on a raq4. The mail would get rejected when
>> sending to it from an outside account, no such user.
>>  
> It could be, but I've never had that problem. In the site settings under
> the vsite did you add the domain for email alias? I never looked to see
> what caused the entry in the "relay for" field in the email control
> panel to be populated.
 >> Dan Reply

> Absolutely,

> But I am surprised that you found the error. Because the RaQ4 does put the
> name in there automatically. There must be something else going on!
> Are you sure you used the email alias in the site settings screen?
>> Gerald Reply

> More info might be needed... unless;

> Could this be that you don't have 'domain.com' in the Vsite's "Email
> Server Aliases" under Site Settings? Only the user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx would
> be accepted if this option is left blank, and if mail sent to
> user@xxxxxxxxxx (assuming MX for @ is same as host.domain.com, and
> assuming a lot of other things) you could get this error.
>> Rusty Reply

I added (example) webpresencegroup.net in the email alias field of the Vsite
with the following DNS entries on our DNS boxes, running on separate and
dedicated servers (Not on the Raq's):

A-webpresencegroup.net
A-www.webpresencegroup.net
A-mail.webpresencegroup.net

MX-webpresencegroup.net >> mail.webpresencegroup.net
MX-www.webpresencegroup.net >> mail.webpresencegroup.net

The odd thing is that on the 3 it is automatically added. Using Webmin on
both boxes, the 3 again has all hosted sites added, using the short name
(example) webpresencegroup.net, and the host/domain aliases shows the short
and the host name of www. Or the appropriate host name. The Raq4 does not.

I've spoken with Gerald about the MX and I know some do the opposite of what
I have, pointing mail. To the short name. So, if this is not a Raq issue but
instead a DNS issue, what is the Bind "standard" way? According to
Sun/Cobalt manual, we should be creating a domain.com pointing to
mail.domain.com and clicking Accept Email for Domain and by checking Web
Access by Domain removes the host name from the setup, thus creating a
ServerAlias on the Raq3.  I have been told that the mail.domain.com is just
really an IP on the box to take mail.

Maybe it is just me and getting used to a different way of making sure the
Raq4 sets up everything proper.

Thanks everyone,

Dave
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